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A subreddit where we take current US and global political news, find the silver lining, and debunk the doom. If you are in the UK please support our sister subreddit r/PoliticalOptimismUK

33k subscribers447 posts / mo in Sep 2026181 authors / mosince 2024

r/PoliticalOptimism has 33k members (+148% over the last 12 months). It gets about 447 posts a month from 181 people. Top topics: Trump Tariffs & Trade Policy, Lawmaker Resignations and Scandals and Economic Recession Analysis.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+148%in 12 months · +6.0% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202633k
Growing33k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−63%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026447
QuieterPeaked at 1.2k in Sep 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Trump Tariffs & Trade Policy0.2%
  2. Lawmaker Resignations and Scandals<0.1%
  3. Economic Recession Analysis<0.1%
  4. AI Job Displacement & Future<0.1%
  5. Public Lands Management<0.1%

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research